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We went from a 4 bedroom house to a 1 bed apt, so a lot of downsizing. You may be surprised how much you won't want to unpack in 12 months.

Some of the old homestead houses are quite cold in the summer ..compared to outside. They should start building houses like them, No need for a/c.

It isn't a quote..more in line what they said it could cost. Hoping to get more of a quote within the next few months. Also, we have most of the stuff there already. Boiler, water pipes all thru the building now etc. We aren't starting from scratch. One of the nieghbours around the...

I'll let Rob argue this one, if he chooses to. He is quite knowledgeable about this stuff.... :)

Rob isn't referring to recouping the cost thru saved electricty. We have this conversation at home a lot :) It is the manufacturing of the solar panels and wind turbines, he is mostly referring to. They pollute during manufacturing, in the factories. That is why he states, if saving on...

I bet you're right :)

We housesat in Goulburn,NSW a few months ago, and they had an indoor, compostable loo. It had a fan underneath, so there were no odors. It turned in 3 stages I think..so by the time it was turned completely, it came out as compost. The house was off grid, and was solar and wind generated..and...

I don't know. Rob is more knowledgeable about this than I. I will get him to reply to you a bit later. He also wondered what was actually included in the quote. When I mention this thread to him an hour ago, and he wanted to let you know, it will also provide heat (if that is also a concern...

Curious as to how much they quoted you for the geothermal? We are considering putting it in an apt building of ours. Haven't had a quote yet, but expect it be $20-$30k

If everyone was able to become self sufficient, the government would tax the sunshine, wind, water that lands on your property. They are already doing the water in some areas. I'd love to be self sufficient, but it would probably be a lot of work. I'm lazy.

The type we would use, would be used with our current boiler. It heats up the water even further, and then circulates throughout the building via hotwater baseboard heaters. What you mention, is infloor heating..which is nice too.

It's starting to become popular in Canada.One of our apt building is heated thru hot water heating. We are trying to get someone to give us a quote on drilling a well and installing the ground pipe for this. It would pay for itself in a few years...when we already spend $15-$20k a year on heat...

geothermal energy. take the heat from the ground in the winter, and cool from it in the summer.It's 15c all year round.I guess. Rob knows so much more about it, than I. If we were building a new property, that is what we would do. They run water pipes underground (it just circulates, doesn't...